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The Florists^ Review 



Januabt 2. 1919. 



GreenhODse Heating 



Subscribers are invited to write the 

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 any details of greenhouse heating that 

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 each article the best in the special field 

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THE COAL SUPPLY. 



Present and Future. 



_ The United States Fuel Administra- 

 tion has announced that it will re- 

 linquish its control of the fuel situa- 

 tion at the beginning of the new coal 

 year, which is April 1, and possibly be- 

 fore that date. However, there will be 

 no change in the maximum prices of 

 coal until April 1, nor will the zone 

 system be abolished. 



There has been much speculation in 

 the trade as to what effect the retire- 

 ment of the Fuel Administration will 

 have on the prices and supply of coal 

 for the growers. Some growers, a ma- 



i'ority of them, in fact, undoubtedly be- 

 ieve that prices will come down at 

 once and that something near the con- 

 ditions of three years ago will prevail 

 — that the days of Pocahontas at around 

 $1.25 per ton at the mine will return. 



A man who is in close touch with the 

 coal trade, mine operators and jobbers, 

 is the authority for the following asser- 

 tions: 



The price of coal will not be reduced, 

 at least for several years. 



There will be little if any Pocahon- 

 tas coal in the Chicago or other mar- 

 kets outside of the immediate vicinity 

 of the mines. What there is will com- 

 mand prices that will be several times 

 the old price. 



Here Are the Reasons. 



In support of these assertions, this 

 coal authority sums up the situation 

 as follows: 



The United States Fuel Administra- 

 tion never has fixed a minimum price; 

 its prices were maximum. There was 

 nothing about government control that 

 stopped the coal dealers from charging 

 less than the fixed prices. Consequent- 

 ly, the retirement of the Fuel Adminis- 

 tration will merely remove the restric- 

 tions as to how much the mine operator 

 can charge for his product. 



Eighty per cent of the cost of coal 

 at the mine mouth is the labor cost. 

 Coal miners never before have been 

 paid such wages as during the last two 

 years. The amounts they have received 

 for the miners' week, which ordinarily 

 is five days of six hours each, are so 

 large that to name them would create 

 a doubt as to the truth of the statement, 

 but it is suflBcient to say that the pay 

 per ton is high enough to lure such men 

 as division superintendents of railroads 

 at $200 per month into the mines as 

 common miners. Three 6-hour days 

 a week fill the miners' pay envelopes 

 full enough so that there is no in- 

 centive to work longer unless there is 

 a shortage of coal. Under these con- 

 ditions it is apparent that the supply 

 will be large enough for the demand, 

 and no larger. A glut of coal would 



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